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donno iatra anni Letters Patent No. 109,697, dated November 29, 1870; antedated November 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, LEVI H. WHITNEY, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements in Washing-Machilies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the-annexed drawing making part thereof, and in which- Figure l is a' sectional perspective.

This' invention relates to a. washing-machine Aand the improvements consist in making the lid of the .solls-box inclined, so that the agitator, which has its bearings in such lid, is causedto assume au inclined position, and so that when vibrated its arms move in a diagonall plane with reference to the bottom of the' suds-box. 'y

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use `my invention, I will proceedto describe its construction and operation.

In the annexed drawing- A represents the snds-box, and

A', the false perforated bottom therein, resting upon cleats secured to the bottom of the box, which may be mounted upon legs to raise Ait to a convenient height.

I represents the lid, which, being flush with the top of the box at its rear end, where it is hinged thereto,y

is made to rise a considerable distance above the top of the suds-box at its forward end, by a downwardlyprojecting flange, B', at thatend, and. inclined flanges at its sides, such anges resting upon cleats around the upper and inner sides ot' the box when the lid is closed down. A

I This inclined-position of the lid throws the agitator C, and the 'mechanism by whichthc latter' is operated, into a correspondingly-inclined lposition, as all these lid.

The agitator is secured to ashaft projecting through parts are arranged vertically to the plane of such` the lid into the suds-box, said shaft covering at its upper end a bevel pinion, C1, which is Vibrated by a segmental bevel-wheel, O2, arranged upon a shaft having its bearings in standards, C, erected uponthe lid. rlhe wheel Ci is vibrated bya handle, 0*, thereon.

lhe effect of this inclined position of the agitatorwill be that its arms more iu a diagonal plane with reference to the bottom of the suds-box, so as to piek up the clothes resting upon the bottom and carry them forward and upward through the body of the water in the box, thus cleansing such clothes more rapidly and thoroughlysthan can be done by agitators the arms ot which move in a horizontal plane. It is also found that a machine thus arranged works much more easily than the old style.

D Dl represent the two rubber rollers of a vvringer, mounted in slotted standards erected upon the forward end ot' the lsuds-box.

The rollers are held in contact by an eccentric, D', acting upon sliding bars, D3 D3, which in turn act upon the caps of the upper rollers journals.

The bars Ds 1)3 are 'separated by rubber' orothcr springs, d, so that the lower one may yield suciently to let buttons, &c., pass freely through the rollers.

\\`hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters latcnt, is-

A suds-box of awashing-maohine, having an inclined lid, in which the agitator' has its bearings, so .that the arms of such agitator move in a. diagonal plane, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

L. H. WHITNEY.

"itnessesz EDM. F. BROWN, H. N. MYGA'r'r. 

